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Angelic Bakehouse unveils new packaging design

The bold, new look is designed to help the Cudahy, WI, bakery's products stand out in retailers' natural foods aisles.




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Quality cookies, nutritious snacking

Quality trumps quantity in the cookie category, as bakers turn toward simple, natural ingredients in response to consumer demand for more nutritious snacking options.




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Flowers Foods acquires Roman Meal trademark

Flowers Foods will use the trademark in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Bahamas.




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Lenny & Larry’s Snickerdoodle Complete Cookie

Lenny & Larry’s Snickerdoodle Complete Cookie is made with ground cinnamon and sugar, plus “a little twist.”




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Honey Bunches of Oats Breakfast Biscuits

Honey Bunches of Oats, a Post Foods brand, has launched an on-the-go breakfast option with the crunch and honey sweet taste of the classic breakfast cereal.




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Puratos takes top honor in ASB competition

Puratos Corp.’s Muesli Cookie concept wins first place in the American Society of Baking’s 2015 Product Development Competition.




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Tuscan Garden Breakfast Flatbread

This recipe brings together multiple components with which most American consumers are quite familiar: flatbread, pesto, scrambled eggs, vegetables and a creamy sauce.




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Bimbo Bakeries USA introduces new Healthfull bread line

The company will launch an integrated marketing campaign this month titled “Love, Your Bread” to reinforce the goodness of whole grains.




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Más Cubano at La Segunda Central Bakery

Over the past century, historic La Segunda Central Bakery has grown from serving the local Cuban community in Ybor City, FL, to distributing traditional Cuban bread from coast to coast.




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Carrot cake squares recalled due to undeclared walnuts

Leonard Novelty Bakery announced today a recall involving Carrot Cake Squares sold in its bakery departments due to undeclared walnuts.




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Key Technology launches FM Alert with Artificial Intelligence

The new tool captures and saves digital images of critical foreign material contaminants that the sorter detects and rejects from the product stream.




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Q&A: Air management in snack and bakery facilities

A look at the best air management practices for snack and bakery companies.




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Food safety strategies for snack and bakery companies

Companies should make a plan to ensure cleanliness, standard operating procedures of facilities.




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New online courses fuel staff training for snack, bakery companies

Snack, bakery industry personnel are constantly learning.




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Food Safety Summit’s 25th annual edition kicks off this week

Taking place in Rosemont, IL, the event will also stream select sessions online.




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Kiwa Group names Alfoso Capuchino VP of certification at ASI

The food safety specialist has added the 20-year food industry veteran to its staff.




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Inspection and detection tech tackles labor, safety concerns

Like all types of food operations, snack food, and wholesale bakery plants need to monitor and maintain quality control, which prompts the need for inspection and detection equipment and technology to ensure that particles of glass, stone, and other contaminants don’t inadvertently get mixed into their formulations.




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Essentials for ensuring bakery checkweighing compliance

Efficient weight controls and checkweighing systems on bakery production lines are integral to meeting consumer expectations and ensuring compliance with net weight regulations.




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Tastykake St. Patrick's Day Snowballs

Tastykake has released its limited time St. Patrick’s Day Snowballs. 




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Tastykake debuts Sonic the Hedgehog 2 collaboration

Tastykake has teamed up with Sonic the Hedgehog 2 to unveil all-new packaging.




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Tastykake Easter limited time offerings

Tastykake has released its limited time Easter offerings for 2022.




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Tastykake debuts limited-time USO products

Tastykake has recently debuted its limited-time USO products, available in stores through mid-September.




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Tastykake releases summer products

Tastykake is sweetening the season, as it has released its limited-time summer products, available on shelves now until July 30.




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Tastykake releases football-themed snacks

Tastykake will bring back its themed on-the-go packaging for football season.




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Hostess launches four holiday-inspired snacks

New products include Holiday HoHos and CupCakes, Mint Chocolate Flavored Twinkies, and Hot Chocolate & Marshmallow Flavored Donettes.





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Tastykake releases Christmas products

Products now available until December 17.




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Little Debbie Snacks launches Big Pack Zebra Cakes

The snack cakes join the company's other outside items, including Big Pack Swiss Rolls and Big Pack Oatmeal Creme Pies.




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Hostess introduces Kazbars multi-layered bakery treats

The Chocolate Caramel and Triple Chocolate cakes draw inspiration from candy bar flavors and textures.




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Little Debbie launches Strawberry Swiss Rolls snack cakes

The bakery brand will be rolling out the new variety of its popular cakes in March 2023.




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Tastykake releases new Easter packaging

Tastykake is "hopping into spring" with classic fan favorite treats decorated in Easter packaging




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Snack cakes category grows by leaps and bounds

The snack cakes and loaves sector showed great promise over the last 12 months, presumably because consumers are now out and about more, and they want individual servings or on-the-go bakery snacks to fit their busy lifestyles.




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Entenmann’s refreshes Baker’s Delights single-serve treats branding

The sweet baked goods brand has renamed its Minis line with a new name and packaging.




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LesserEvil repeats Disney collaboration with Toy Story Lil’ Puffs snack collection

The better-for-you brand’s newest products celebrate Disney’s 100th anniversary.




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Little Debbie debuts Pumpkin Spice Mini Donuts, Big Pack Fall Party Cakes

The items join the McKee Foods brand’s lineup of fall seasonal bakery treats.




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Oreo Gluten-Free Golden cookies, two other brand items to debut in January

The Mondelēz International brand has announced the trio of treats ahead of the new year.




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McKee Foods brand Drake's introduces Boston Creme Yodels snack cakes

The items feature golden cake filled with creme and covered in dark fudge icing.




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Hostess releases new and returning baked snacks for Valentine’s Day

The quartet of treats comes in heart-bedecked packaging for seasonal snacking.




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Hostess releases new Meltamors mini cakes

The latest Hostess cake creation will be available in two Hostess fan-favorite flavors: Double Chocolate and Chocolate Creamy Caramel.




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State of the Industry 2024: Bakery snacks offer small indulgences

Consumers are still looking for indulgences, despite the fact that many products now have health halos. However, in our current era of “little treat culture,” the bakery snacks category—aka smaller servings of snack cakes and pies—continue to be popular.




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Hostess partners with Dude Dad on mystery Twinkies

The bakery brand and Instagram influencer collaborated on the secret flavor.




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Extruded snacks on the attack

Better-for-you options and innovative flavors have been a large part of the overall snack industry. Now, they’re making their way into the extruded snacks segment.




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Extruded snack innovations

Innovations in extrusion technology, ingredients and product R&D have built new interest in multiple snack segments.




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Depositors, dividers and rounders keep baked goods in shape

Improved weight accuracy, high-speed production, flexibility and easy sanitation are just some of dynamics bakers are looking for in depositors, dividers and rounders.




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Extruded Snacks shape their future: State of the Industry 2015

Puffed and extruded snacks are shedding their junk-food image with more nutritious ingredients and no-fry processing, plus on-trend flavors, textures and shapes to add more fun.




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Laminators and sheeters offer bakers, snack manufactures production versatility

Consumer demand for artisanal baked goods and better-for-you snacks are making new laminators and sheeters must-have equipment for many manufacturers.




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Extrusion systems help bakers, snack manufacturers deliver on-trend products

Growing consumer demand for better-for-you, gluten-free and innovative baked goods and snacks continues to drive bakers and snack manufacturers to explore new ingredients and formulations. It’s also prompting them to re-examine their equipment needs, as they discover that their existing machinery may not be able to efficiently handle today’s in-demand products. For some manufacturers, a new extruder may be just the ticket.




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Handtmann Bakery expands sales and technology capabilities

Handtmann has announced the appointment of Christian Strohm and Sean Gorman to bakery sales specialist positions in Canada and the U.S.




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Balancing tradition and better-for-you innovation in extruded snacks: State of the Industry 2016

The puffed and extruded snack segment combines the best elements of tradition and forward-thinking better-for-you innovation.




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Emerging brands grow the puffed and extruded snacks category

The collective puffed, popped, pellet and extruded snack segment continues to see positive sales activity and a strong level of product innovation.




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Extrusion equipment for unique and healthy snacks

Snack manufacturers are looking to build in healthfulness through the use of raw materials, including vegetables and fruit, as well as cleaner ingredient profiles with more protein and fiber.